my first turbo

FanegedWolf3

New Member
hey guys,
so i have a 96 stock B18B1 (non VTEC) engine with 174000 miles on it now i have an option to trade this kid for my head and intake manifold for his 99 GSR VTEC head and intake manifold. will this work?

then i am planing to put a t3 super t70 turbo on in now i have made a list of new/upgrades i need to do to the engine so it can handle the boost.

LIST OF ALL I NEED (am i right or did i miss somthing?)
Fuel manigment system (ecu)
down pipe
Turbo back exhaust
fuel pump
fuel injectors
intercooler piping
injectors
exhaust manifold
dump tube
oil lines
turbo
blow off vaulve
inercooler

gauges
boost control

ok is this all i will need to start off and put the new head and a turbo in my car or is there somthing i for got?
 
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BrokenTalon27

W.F.O
FanegedWolf3 said:
hey guys,
so i have a 96 stock B18B1 (non VTEC) engine with 174000 miles on it now i have an option to trade this kid for my head and intake manifold for his 99 GSR VTEC head and intake manifold. will this work?

then i am planing to put a t3 super t70 turbo on in now i have made a list of new/upgrades i need to do to the engine so it can handle the boost.

LIST OF ALL I NEED (am i right or did i miss somthing?)
Fuel manigment system (ecu)
down pipe
Turbo back exhaust
fuel pump
fuel injectors
intercooler piping
injectors
dump tube
oil lines
turbo
blow off vaulve
inercooler
header
gauges
boost control

ok is this all i will need to start off and put the new head and a turbo in my car or is there somthing i for got?
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First off, this should be in the Forced Induction section, not the All Motor.

You don't get a header with a turbo set up, you get an exhaust manifold. It sounds like you don;t know much about this, so you might want to just go with the Greddy turbo kit. It has all you'll need.
Also, do a compression and a leak down test on your motor to make sure it's healthy enough to support boost. Look into the CFMs that the turbo you're thinking about getting flows, you might want to build the motor with forged internals so you can run a decent amount of boost.
In short, you have a lot of reading ahead of you if you really want to do this.
 

FanegedWolf3

New Member
you are right i have been trying to learn about turbos i have been reading this guide online...also i have an exhaust manifold not a header idk y i said header...
 

BrokenTalon27

W.F.O
FanegedWolf3 said:
you are right i have been trying to learn about turbos i have been reading this guide online...also i have an exhaust manifold not a header idk y i said header...
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There are some who refer to some exhaust manifolds as "header type" since they are not cast, they are welded pipe.
 


FanegedWolf3

New Member
mk. how about the head swap is that ok to do? since the conpression rate is different from the LS to the GSR or would the head not effect that?
 

Joshmmc

New Member
FanegedWolf3 said:
hey guys,
so i have a 96 stock B18B1 (non VTEC) engine with 174000 miles on it now i have an option to trade this kid for my head and intake manifold for his 99 GSR VTEC head and intake manifold. will this work?
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You're talking about an LS/VTEC build, which requires more than just the head and intake manifold off of a GSR. It's not as simple as swapping the heads, it's actually quite a process, but there's a ton of info on it if you look around.

http://hondaswap.com/general-tech-articles/assembling-ls-vtec-32829/



As far as your turbo components go, you're missing the mention of a wastegate, assuming that you require an external one. A turbo timer is also a nice piece of digital equiptment, although not essential. Depending on how much boost you want to run, look into properly building the engine before boosting it. If you're going to pursue the LS/VTEC part, you've got your engine apart anyways, maybe do some machining and building then.
 


FanegedWolf3

New Member
Joshmmc said:
You're talking about an LS/VTEC build, which requires more than just the head and intake manifold off of a GSR. It's not as simple as swapping the heads, it's actually quite a process, but there's a ton of info on it if you look around.

http://hondaswap.com/general-tech-articles/assembling-ls-vtec-32829/



As far as your turbo components go, you're missing the mention of a wastegate, assuming that you require an external one. A turbo timer is also a nice piece of digital equiptment, although not essential. Depending on how much boost you want to run, look into properly building the engine before boosting it. If you're going to pursue the LS/VTEC part, you've got your engine apart anyways, maybe do some machining and building then.
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hey this is what i am trying to find out ok u said "look into properly building the engine before boosting it." whawt do i do to do that?

i am going to get Fuel injectors anything els...and for the amount of boost i just wanta put the turbo on then up grade my engine so then ill be able to up the boost as i upgrade the engine i am jsut looking to put in the turbo and run low boost and then in the fucher Completly rebild the engine
 

Joshmmc

New Member
Fuel pump, injectors, ECU, and then the turbo kit. Don't get boost crazy if you're running stock internals. 6-8 PSI is probably the safe range.
 

mirrorimg

Well-Known Member
FanegedWolf3 said:
hey this is what i am trying to find out ok u said "look into properly building the engine before boosting it." what do i do to do that?
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A Compression Test and a Leakdown test would be a start. Compression test will show if your compression rings are healthy and sealing well in the cylinder, the leakdown test will confirm if the seals in the engine are still good. You shouldn't have more than 10% leakdown per cylinder I believe, but i'm not positive on this. Do you burn any oil,as in, do you have to top off each week?
 

sugarfree135

matt
I like how everybody throws out "just buy this kit it has everything you need" It's like "oh really? Is a leprechaun gonna hop out of the box with tuning software/hardware, and a chassis dyno too?" lol
 
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